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Aloysius is "Alabhaois" in Irish. Alabhaois has no meaning it's just a phonetic translation. Aloysius is a Latinized version of Luigi made up by the Catholic Church when the…y were canonizing St Aloysius Gonzaga. Luigi comes from Louis which comes from Clovis which is similar to the Germanic name Hludwig. It is only an Irish name in that it is sometimes used by Irish and Irish Americans. (MORE)

A: Aloysius Gonzaga, S.J. (1568-1591) was not noted for his miracles,either in life or after his death. A homily written in 1877 refersto a book was printed in 1756, in which… a hundred miracles wererelated to have taken place, during 30 years, in Italy and Germany;all of which had been examined and approved by the ecclesiasticalauthorities. The homily goes on to say that many books could befilled with the miracles that have been wrought throughoutChristendom by the intercession of this holy youth. This waswritten over three hundred years after the death of Saint Aloysiusand could be regarded as more hagiology than history. (MORE)